Weather-strip.



No. 875,308. PATENTED DEG. 31, 1907. J. H. WOO'DBURY.

' WEATHER STRIP.

APPLICATION FILED PEB.15, 1907.

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WEATHER-STRIP, J

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Dec. 31, 1907.

Application filled February 15. 1907. Serial No. 357.437.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, JAMES II. WOODBURY, residing at Keokuk, in the county of Lee and State of Iowa, have invented certain new and useful Im rovements in Weather-Strips, .of which the fbllowing is a specification.

My invention relates to weather strips for doors and the like, and it primarily has for its object to providea weather strip of a very simple and effective construction in which the parts are so designed and arranged as to effect a positive water-tight engagement throughout the entire length thereof to serve as a practically air and water-tight closure between the door and sill.

Again, my invention has for its object to provide a weather strip which can be easily manufactured at a minimum cost.

In its generic nature my invention comprises a door carried strip and a sill carried stri the door strip being relatively fixed, wh' e the sill strip is hingedly secured in lace, the door boards or strips of the door frame being undercut to receive the ends of the sill strip. The sill strip has a foot on the side adjacent the hinge ends of the door to be engaged by the door strip as the door is beginning to close to raise the sill strip and permit the door strip passing thereunder, and it also serves to aid in holding the door and sill strips in tight engagement when the door is closed.

In its more subordinate nature, the invention includes certain novel construction, combination and arrangement of parts, all of which will be first described in detail, and then be specifically pointed out in the a pended claims, reference being had to t e accompanying drawings, in which:-

Figure 1, is a perspective view of a door with my invention applied, the door being open and about ready to have its strip engage the sill strip foot to liftl the sill strip. Fig. 2, is a horizontal section on the line 2-2 of Fig. 1. Fig. 3, is a detail vertical section on the line 3 3 of Fig. 2.- Fig. 4, is a similar view, the door being closed. Fig. 5, is a diagrammatic view similar to Fig. 3, showing how the sill strips serve to hold the door open when a weight is applied on the strip.

Referring now to the accompanying drawings in which like letters and numerals of reference indicate like parts in all of the figures, 1 designates the door frame, 2 the sill and 3 the side weather strips of the door frame. The

door 4 is hinged to the frame in the usual manner and the construction and design of the frame and door may be of any approved type since my weather strip is readily applicable to any ordinary door.

The frame strips 3 are cut away as at 3d at the lower ends adjacent the sill and this cut is so made that the planes of the lower ends of the strips 3 will he at an acute angle to the sill and form a joint with the upper face of the sill carried door strip 5 which eX- tends from one side of the door frame to the other and is hingedly secured at its outer edge to the sill in any approved manner, preferably by staples 5b passing through apertures 5"JL in the strip 5.

The strip 5 is preferably formed of a rectangular piece of sheet metal such as brass, iron or the like, and has a spring metal foot 5, adjacent the hinge side of the door frame. The foot 5C is secured at one end to the strip 5 and is bent back on itself to form a curve which terminates in a heel portion 5e that projects slightly beyond the inner edge 5 of the strip 5 and whose extreme edge terminates near the edge 5 of the strip for a purpose presently apparent.

The frame strips 3 are also cut away at the side adjacent to the door at the lower ends as at 3 to receive when the door is closed.

The door carried strip has a foot portion 6a, secured to the door by screws 6b, which extends the full width of the door. It'also has a portion 6c projecting downwardly and outwardly at an acute angle to the plane of the door to engage the underside of the sill strip 5 when the door is closed.

In operation as the door is being closed, the corner 6 of the strip 6 will first engage beneath the foot 5C (see Fig. l) and lift the strip 5 sufficient to permit the corner 6 of the strip portion 6C to move under the strip 5 until the door is fully closed when the parts will be in the position shown in Fig. 4.. By reason of the under cut portions of the side strips 3 when the door has closed the strip 5 will be forced against the lower edges of said strips 3 and thereby be also tightly held against the strip 6 throughout the entire length of the strips 5 and 6.

The foot 5c performs a two-fold function, since should it happen that someone is standing on the strip 5 as the door is being shut (an action which were it not for the foot 5c would result in bending or buol 'ng of the the door carried strip 64 strip 5) the edge 6 Will engage the heel portion of the foot 5C moving under the same, and raising the foot and Aat the same time the edge 6X Will engage the edge 5 of the strip 5 (see Fig. 5), and stop the further closing of the door. The moment, however, that pressure on the strip 5 is released, the resiliency of the foot 5c will raise thestrip` 5 enough to permit the strip 6 sliding under the same and 4the door may be then Ifully- -olosed as before described..

From the foregoing description taken connection with t-he accompanying drawings it is thought the complete construction, op-

era-tion and :numerous advantages of my ni vention will be readily understood by those skilled i-n the .art to Which it appertai'ns.

What I claim lis:- The combination with afdoor trame and .a

door hingedly secured thereto, said door frame having side strips with under-out portions, 1a Weather strip hingedly secured to said sill and adapted to have its movement limited by such under-cut portions of the side strips, a door strip secured to the door to ycooperate With the sill strip and pass under the same when the door is closed, said sill strip arranged to lie flat against the sill When a Weight is applied thereon to be engaged :by

\ the edge of the door `strip and form a -fd'oor stop, and resilient .means carried by the sil-l strip for engaging lthe door strip vand raising the sill strip when the Weight lthereon is released .substantially :as v:sho-Wn `and described.

JAMES H. WOGD-BURY. Witnesses:

THOMAS JoHN, ALFRED E. BUCK. 

